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to be five pounds fifteen ounces, as weighed by 

 Admiral Sir Houston Stewart. Others have scaled 

 from four pounds twelve ounces to five pounds twelve 

 ounces. 



Mr. Stuart informs me that the weight of a fat full- 

 grown cock pheasant shot in the Caucasus approxi- 

 mates to about five pounds, Russian weight, while a 

 similar hen bird would scale about four pounds and a 

 half. But the usual weight of an ordinary wild phea- 

 sant cock is about four pounds, Russian weight, and 

 that of the hen nearly a pound less. Mr. Djanaschvili 

 considers that a full-grown cock pheasant should scale 

 about four Russian pounds. The hen is about one 

 pound lighter. 



Mr. W. B. Tegetmeier, whose lifelong experience 

 of the pheasant is probably unique, figured the heads 

 of two remarkable pheasants in the Field of January 

 12, 1895, with a view of exemplifying the wonderful 

 way in which these birds contrive to survive the most 

 terrible injuries. One of the birds to which Mr. Teget- 

 meier, drew attention had been deprived of both man- 

 dibles, probably by a steel trap. Notwithstanding the 

 serious character of the injury, the wounds had healed, 

 and the bird was in fair condition when shot. It 

 weighed two pounds five ounces, and its crop con- 

 tained thirty-three beech nuts. 



